Congressional Taiwan Caucus

The bipartisan Congressional Taiwan Caucus is the second largest Congressional Member Organization in the United States Congress with 139 members. The caucus focuses exclusively on improving American–Taiwanese relations.

"Taiwan Caucus" redirects here. For other uses, see Senate Taiwan Caucus.
Congressional Taiwan Caucus
Republican Co-ChairsRep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL) and Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH)
Democratic Co-ChairsRep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ)
Political positionBipartisan
ColorsNone official (gray unofficial)
Seats in the House
139 / 435

Its counterpart in the Senate is the Senate Taiwan Caucus.[1]

History

The caucus was founded on April 9, 2002. Congressmen Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), and Robert Wexler (D-FL) were the founding co-chairs.[2][3]

Members

After the four co-chairs, members are listed alphabetically due to a list of seniority being unavailable. This membership information is current as of late 2009.

Current

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D) (VA-11) Co-Chair

Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R) (FL-25) Co-Chair

Rep. Steve Chabot (R) (OH-1) Co-Chair

Rep. Albio Sires (D) (NJ-8) Co-Chair

Rep. Rick Allen (R) (GA-12)

Rep. Don Bacon (R) (NE-2)

Rep. Jim Banks (R) (IN-3)

Rep. Andy Barr (R) (KY-6)

Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R) (FL-12)

Rep. Rob Bishop (R) (UT-1)

Rep. Sanford Bishop (D) (GA-2)

Rep. Brendan Boyle (D) (PA-2)

Rep. Mo Brooks (R) (AL-5)

Rep. Ken Buck (R) (CO-4)

Rep. Michael Burgess (R) (TX-25)

Rep. Ken Calvert (R) (CA-42)

Rep. Michael Capuano (D) (MA-7)

Rep. Andre Carson (D) (IN-5)

Rep. Judy Chu (D) (CA-27)

Rep. Katherine Clark (D) (MA-5)

Rep. Mike Coffman (R) (CO-6)

Rep. Tom Cole (R) (OK-5)

Rep. John Conyers (D) (MI-13)

Rep. Paul Cook (R) (CA-8)

Rep. Rick Crawford (R) (AR-1)

Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R) (FL-4)

Rep. John Culberson (R) (TX-7)

Rep. Danny Davis (D) (IL-7)

Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)

Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA)

Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)

Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL)

Rep. John Duncan (R-TN)

Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY)

Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)

Rep. Blake Farenthold (R) (TX-27)

Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN)

Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX)

Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA)

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)

Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ)

Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ)

Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)

Rep. Garret Graves (R) (LA-6)

Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO)

Rep. Al Green (D-TX)

Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)

Rep. Richard Hanna (R-NY)

Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO)

Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)

Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA)

Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL)

Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)

Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH)

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)

Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX)

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)

Rep. William Keating (D-MA)

Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA)

Rep. Peter King (R-NY)

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)

Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)

Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ)

Rep. James Langevin (D-RI)

Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)

Rep. John Larson (D-CT)

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)

Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY)

Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK)

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)

Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)

Rep. Sean Maloney (D-NY)

Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX)

Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA)

Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX)

Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA)

Rep. James McGovern (D-MA)

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC)

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC)

Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)

Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY)

Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN)

Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL)

Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-CA)

Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA)

Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX)

Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)

Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA)

Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)

Rep. David Price (D-NC)

Rep. Tom Price (R-GA)

Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL)

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA)

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL)

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)

Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN)

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)

Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL)

Rep. Dennis A. Ross (R-FL)

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH)

Rep. Gregorio Sablan (D-MP)

Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ)

Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA)

Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)

Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA)

Rep. David Scott (D-GA)

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)

Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA)

Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)

Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID)

Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)

Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA)

Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)

Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO)

Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV)

Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH)

Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX)

Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL)

Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL)

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)

Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL)

Rep. Todd Young (R-IN)

Former

Fmr. Rep. Corrine Brown (D) (FL-5)- Lost 2016 election.

Fmr. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) - now Senator since 2017

Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC)

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D) (MD)

Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA)

Rep. Mimi Walters (R-CA)

Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) - now Senator [4]

References
  1. "House & Senate Taiwan Caucus (2019-2020)".
  2. "FAPA - Important Issues". www.fapa.org.
  3. "FAPA - News Release".
  4. "President Ma meets delegation led by US Senator Tom Cotton".
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